About Awards

• Dr. Dervishi wins McNair’s Program Mentor of the Year Award
  October 21, 2011
  Dr. Enkeleda Dervishi, Research Assistant Professor at the Nanotechnology center, won the McNair’s Program Mentor of the Year Award for 2011. Dr. Dervishi mentored…  

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• $1 Million Sturgis Gift Endows Nanotech Chair
  September 12, 2011
  A $1 million endowment to UALR from the Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust led today to the investiture of Dr. Alexandru S. Biris,…  

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• Geissler, Biris, Parker Win Faculty Excellence
  April 18, 2011
  Dr. Gary Geissler, professor of marketing and advertising, praised for the positive impact an instructor can have on students, won the $10,000 Ted and…  

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• Realtor’s Gift Honors Nanotechnologist Biris
  April 14, 2011
  Janet Jones, founder and president of the The Janet Jones Company, has created a $25,000 mentorship program honoring Dr. Alex Biris, chief scientist of…  

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• Nano-Student Researcher Ashley Fejleh receives the Edward L. Whitbeck Memorial Award, UALR’s top award as the most outstanding senior!
  June 16, 2010
    Ashley just graduated with a bachelor of science degree in environmental heath science with a minor in biology last Saturday. A little about…  

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• Nano Student Researchers Shine at UALR Undergraduate Expo
  April 29, 2010
  Nanotechnology Center Undergraduate Student researchers  participated in the UALR Undergraduate Expo held April 26th and won several awards. First and Second place in the…  

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